Rail-anchor.



C. J. KYLE 8L J. OUSKY.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4. 1915.

1,178,324. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

. i %1 AND .lflmll' O US, 0F CDAL BLUFF, INDIANA.

Application filed. October 4, 1915. derial Ito. 54,018.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLns KYLE and Joan OUSKY, citizens of the United States, residing at Coal Blufi, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Anchors; and We do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to rail anchors -or anti-creeping devices.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed and efiicient device of this character which may be readily a plied to a rail by an unskilled workman an when applied the gripping efi'ect thereof will be increased by the pressure exerted thereon by the tie against which the device abuts, thereby securely lmking the rail without lessening the action of the spiking of the rail to the tie to assist-in this function.

With this and other objects in view the; invention resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrange-'. ments of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. I 1

' In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a plan view of a portion of a rail anda tie showing a pair of these improvedanchors applied to the rail on opposite sides of the tie; Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the anchors with the locking wedge removed; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the locking wed e.

The anchor constituting the invention comprises a casting formed of a body portion 1 arranged to lie under the base of a rail as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and, 2. Formed integral with the body portion 1 is a clip 2 conformed and adapted to. embrace one edge of the base of the rail R with which the anchor is associated. The upper face of the body portion 1 of this anchor has a stepshaped seat formed therein, the upper step 3 of which is designed to receive the base of the rail B, one e ge of which extends under and is engaged by the clip 2, and the other edge thereo projects beyond the edge of the seat 3 and is designed to be engaged by a locking wedge 5 adapted to be slidably engaged with the seat 4 formed by the lower step of the anchor seat above referred to. The outer side wall of the seat 4 is undercut Specification of Letters Patent.

together,

of a toe 10 formed on the laterally extending Patented Apr. 41, 1916.

to conform to the overhanging edge of the rail base which projects beyond the free or I inner edge of the seat 3, (see Fig. 2). This wedge5 is adapted to be driven upon the edge of the rail flange opposite the edge embraced by the clip 2 and the upper wall of the groove '3' is extended laterally to form a pro ecting flange 8 designed to fit over and engage the upper face of one flange of the rail base, its edge being positioned against the rail inches is shown clearly in Fig. 2.

When the several parts of this improved rail anchorare in the positions illustrated in Figs. land 2, with the grooved wedge 5 tightly fitted upon the base of the rail R, the wedge will travel with the rail in case of creeping, and so automatically lock the parts which is accomplished by means arm 9 cast integral with the body 1, and wh ch extends from the end thereof having the undercut wall 6, as is shown clearly in Fig. 3. This laterally extending arm 9 is preferably reduced in thickness from its inner toward its free outer end and said end is rounded to produce the toe 10, the side of which is adapted to abut against one side of the tie 7, and when pressure is exerted on said toe by the lateral movement of the tie, the grippmg action of the anchor will be increased, owing to the biting engagement of one end of the wedge 5 with the rail flange with which it is engaged, and of one end of the clip 2 with the opposite rail flange at a point diagonally opposite to that which is engaged by the wedge 5. This arm 9 is mclineddownwardly toward its free end so that the toe 10 on said free end will be posi timed to engage the side edge of the tie at a point some distance below the top of the tie to prevent all possibility of said toe becoming disengaged from the tie and slipping over the top therof, such as might be likely to occur if 1t were not inclined downwardly to position it in a plane below the body of the anchor. When the wedge 5 is driven into engagement with the rail base, it will assume the gosition shown in Fig. 2, owing to the con guration of the overhanging flange 8 and its engagement with the flange of the rail base.

As shown, two of these anchors are rovided for each tie arranged on opposite sides thereof as shown in Fig. 1, and these anchors are shown made right and left to adapt them to properly engage and abut the opposite edges of the tie, but it is to be understood that one or more may be employed as desired or found necessary. After the toes of these anchors are engaged with the sides of the tie upon which the rail is mounted,

- creeping of the rail will be prevented.

The several parts of this rail anchor are preferably constructed of malleable iron, al-

though not necessarily so, but the wedge 5 should be formed of some material capable of being slightly distended without danger of breakage when the wedge is forced upon the edge of the rail base, and the wedge should be capable of maintaining its grip upon the rail base after it has been driven into operative position.

This improved rail anchor as above described, is particularly advantageous inasmuch as expansion or contraction of the several parts, due to the changes in temperature, does not impair the reliability of the anchor as the parts tighten upinto locking position when cree ing takes place, even though they may ave expanded or contracted somewhat, due to the changes in temperature.

We claim as our invention A rail anchor comprising a body portion.

having step-like seats formed in its upper face, an integral clip overhanging the upper seat, the lower side of the former adapted to engage the up er face of one side of a rail base and the ree end of said clip adapted to engage one side of the web of the rail, thelower seat having an undercut outer wall tapering toward one end, the inner wall of said-lower seat being adapted to underlie the other side of said rail base, an arm integral with the outer wall of the lower seat and projecting .longitudinally of said body portion, said arm being inclined laterally and downwardly and reduced in thickness from its inner toward its outer end, the latter being rounded to form a tie engaging toe, a

wedge having its outer edge tapered to fit the undercut wall of the lower seat of said body portion and its inner edge grooved to conform to and engage the outer edge of the last mentioned side of said rail base, and a flange projecting laterally from the inner edge of said wedge, the lower side of the former being adapted to engage the upper face of the last mentioned side of said rail base and the free end of said flange engaging the other side of the web of the rail, substantially-as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Q

CHARLES J. KYLE. JOHN QUSKY.

' Witnesses:

W. M. SILLs, HUGH WHITNEY. 

